Shìshījì 19:15

15 Tāmen jìnrù jī bǐ yà yào zaì nàli zhù sù , jiù zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , yīnwei wú rén jiē tāmen jìn jiā zhù sù .

Shìshījì 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:15

And they turned aside thither to go in and lodge in Gibeah,
&c.] Instead of going right forward, and passing by Gibeah, over against which they were, they turned out of their road, and went into the city to seek a lodging in it:

and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city;
to see whether any person would invite him into any of their houses, as was usual in those hospitable times and countries, and where there were few inns for the entertainment of travellers and strangers, or none at all, and especially in cities; if any where, they were upon the public road:

for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging;
the spirit of hospitality being greatly declined, and even gone from among them; or as some think, those that had such a spirit, and were willing to receive strangers, were afraid, because of their wicked neighbours, who would beset their houses to abuse strangers, as the sequel of this history shows.

Shìshījì 19:15 In-Context

13 Yòu duì púrén shuō , wǒmen kĕyǐ dào yī gè dìfang , huò zhù zaì jī bǐ yà , huò zhù zaì Lāmǎ .

14 Tāmen jiù wǎng qián zǒu . jiāng dào Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà , rìtou yǐjing luō le .

15 Tāmen jìnrù jī bǐ yà yào zaì nàli zhù sù , jiù zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , yīnwei wú rén jiē tāmen jìn jiā zhù sù .

16 Wǎnshang , yǒu yī gè lǎo nián rén cóng tiánjiān zuò gōng huí lái . tā yuán shì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de rén , zhù zaì jī bǐ yà . nà dìfang de rén què shì Biànyǎmǐn rén .

17 Lǎo nián rén jǔmù kànjian kèren zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , jiù wèn tā shuō , nǐ cóng nǎli lái . yào wǎng nǎli qù .